twiggy
Example Sentences
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Weyerhaeuser trained an AI model to pore over drone footage and calculate seedling survival rates, which are typically obtained by sending foresters to count twiggy young trees in rugged or sweltering terrain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
As plants grow, they hide the twiggy underpinnings.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
Older children will revel in being in on the joke: The beasts are the household cat and dog, the dragon is a leafy tree with twiggy teeth and the intruder is the kids’ mom.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
Gathering fallen branches to form twiggy sculptures in the woods has been a welcome distraction for the children.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020
Just then a hairy, twiggy figure burst from the scrub.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
